Oil-burner.



N. E. PHILLIPS.

OH. BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 21. l9l6.

1,230,772. Patented June 19, 1917.

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N. E. PHILLIPS.

01L BURNER. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2!, l9|6.

Patented June 19, 1917.

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gmawtoc ME'Ph/i Z 211 175 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC NEWTON E. PHILLIPS, OF SHELBY, MICHIGAN, ASSIGN OR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES L. CHURCHILL AND ONE-SIXTH TO BET O. HAMILL, BOTH OF SHELBY, MICHIGAN.

OIL-BURNER To all whomitmayconcem:

Be it known that I, NEw'roN E. PHILLIPS, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Shelby, in thecounty of Oceana and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Burners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates. to improvements in an oil burner and has for its primary object the provision of vaporizing means between a fuel supply and the burner to vaporize the fuel prior to entering the burner.

Another'object of this invention is to provide a vaporizing drum'connected to a fuel supply and to a burner for vaporizing the fuel prior to entering the burner and which is so located, that it will receive heat from the burner ,to, thoroughly heat the same whereby the fuel contained therein will be vaporized. l

A further object of this invention is to provide a fuel heating tube connected to the vaporizing drum and having openings therein to allow the vaporized fuel to escape therefrom and to be ignited and over which are positioned sleeves for controlling the air supply, whereby the danger of extinguishing the flame is obviated by too great an air supply.

A further object of this invention is to provide a plurality of openings at the upper ends of the sleeves for permitting air to the flame and said sleeves further having their lower ends so constructed as to admit air upwardly therethrough for further supplying the same with air.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of an oil burner of the above stated character which shall be simple, durable and efficient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combi- Specification of Letters Patent.

cured to the base 1 as indicated at 8.

nation and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which' 7 Figure 1 is a top plan view of' an oil burner, constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view illustrating the means of securing the sleeves upon the tube, and

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of a modified form of sleeve illustrating the means for regulating the air supply upwardly through the sleeve.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the

numeral 1 indicates a substantially rectangular base having downwardly depending flanges 2 formed on the edges thereof which are adapted to support the base 1 within the fire box of a stove, furnace or the like in any well known manner. .bers 3 are formed at each end of the base A pair of air cham- 1 by upwardly and inwardly inclined walls fuel heating tube 5 which has one end closed by a cap 6 and the other arm portion of the substantially U-shaped fuel heating tube 5 isldisposed in a plane above the air chambers '3 and is supported by a bracket 7 se- The tube 5 is provided with openings 8 for allowing fuel to escape from the tube.

A substantially L-shaped drum 9 has a fuel supply pipe 10 connected adjacent its lower endthereof for supplying the same with liquid fuel and has its upper end threaded to the substantially U-shaped fuel heating tube-5 as illustrated at 11;" The base 1 has secured thereon asbestos or like material 12 between the walls l of the air chambers 3 whereby liquid fuel may be poured thereon and ignited for heating the tube 5 and the drum 9 to vaporize the liquid Patented June 19, 1917.

Application filed October 21, 1916. Serial No. 126,961.

fuel therein, whereby the vaporized fuel Will pass out through the openings 8 and become ignited and the heat from the flame will be directed against the upper arm portion of the tube 5 and the drum 9 so as to thoroughly vaporize the fuel before reaching the openings 8.-

Cylindrical sleeves 13 have oppositely disposed elongated slots ll in their lower ends to receive the tube 5 within the air chambers 3 and the sleeves 13 are held thereon by set screws 15 threaded into the walls of the sleeves 13' and turned into engagement with the tube 5 as clearly illustrated in Fig. i. The upper ends of the sleeves 13 are provided with apluralitv of perforations 16- for emitting air to the flamefrom the openings 8 of the tube 5 and the upper ends of the sleeves 13 are separate sections as illustrated in Fig, 4 and are secured together by hinges 17 and spring clasps 18. Cleaning arms 19 are pivoted to the upper sections of the sleeves 13 as illustrated at 20 and have their free ends provided with tapering projections 21 which are adapted to be moved into engagement with the openings 8 by handles 22 for removing soot or carbon which may accui'nulate withinthe openings 8.

Asbestos collars 28 are secured about the lower ends of the sleeves 13 for closing the elongated slots 14L preventing air from pa ssing into the sleeves by way ofsaid slot-s and which air will be compelled to pass upwardly fromthe loweropen ends of the sleeves and about the tube 5 to supply the flame from the openings with a correct sup ply of air.

In operation, liquid fuel passes into the vaporizing drum 9 from the pipe 10 and into the substantially U-shaped fuel heating tube 5 and outwardly, through the openings 8 and by thoroughly saturating the asbestos 12 with liquid fuel and ignitingthe same, the tube and drum 9 will be heated,

vaporizing the liquid fuel therein,- which vaporized fuel will pass outwardly through the openings 8 and become ignited within the sleeves 13 which will. furnish air to the flame from the vaporized fuel passing through the openings 8 and which flame will heat the upper arm portion of the substantially U-shaped tube 5 and the drum 9'to thoroughly vaporize the liquid fuel before reaching the openings 8. The flames from the vaporized fuel passing through the openings 8 are furnished with air throughthe perforations 16 of the upper sections of the sleeves 13 and through the lower open ends of the sleeves as clearly illustrated in Fig.- 2.

Referring to my modified form of sleeve as ilhl'strated in Fig. 5, it consists of an upper perforated section 2iv and a lower sechon-25 which is constructed of flexible-niaterial and has oppositely disposed elongated slots 26 therein. The upper and lower sections are secured together by a'hinge 27 and a spring catch 28. The lower section of the sleeve is positioned over the tube 5 by allowing said tube to pass upwardly through the elongated slots 26 and is held thereon by a bolt 29 passing through the lower section 25 of the sleeve and receiving a nut 80 upon its threaded end, wherebythe lower ends of the section 25 may be moved toward and from each other to control the in-fiow of air upwardly through the sleeve for supplying the flame within the perforated section 24: with the correct amount of air:

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that'minorchanges in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of theinvention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. An oil burner comprising a base, air chambers formed in each end of said base, a substantially U-shaped tube" carried by said base and extending through the air chambers, said tube having openings within the air chambers, a vaporizing-drum connected to the tube, a fuel supply connected to the drum,-and cylindrical sleeves carried by the tube and located within the air chant be'rs for supplying air to the flame.

2. An oil burner comprising-a base,-a'ir chambers formed in each end of said base, a tube carried by said base and extending through the air chambers and having openings within the air chambersto allow fuel to escape from the tube and become ignited, a vaporizing drum carried by said tube, a

liquid fuel supply connected with said drum,

cylindrical sleeves having elongated slots in their lower ends to receive the tube to lo cate' said sleeves within the air chambers, and means for securing the sleeves to the tube. I

An oil burner comprising an auxiliary heating base, air chambers formed in'each end of said base, a tube carried-by said base and extending through the air chambers and having openings thereinfor allowing fuel to esc'ap'efrom the tube and-become ignited, a vaporizing drum carried by the tube, a fuel supply connected to said drui'n', sleeves having their lower ends provided with elongated slots to receive the tube to position said sleeves within the air'chambers, said sleeves having perforations'therein for admitting air to the flame, and bolts extending througl'i the lower ends of said sleeves for controlling the inflow of air upwardly through the sleeves. a

4. An oil burner of the typeset forth including a burner tube provided with a fuel outlet opening, and a sleeve consisting of upper and lower sections hinged together and surrounding said opening and extend- In testimony whereof I affix my signature ing above and below said tube. in presence of tWo Witnesses.

5. An oil burner of the type set forth in- NEWTON E PHILLIPS eluding a burner tube provided With a fuel outlet opening, a sleeve having slots therein Witnesses:

and surrounding said opening, and a bolt BENNETT S. JONES, extending through the sleeve. M. I. LEWIS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

